ELD Family Traditions- 1 Student Objective: Students will be able to describe family traditions. vocabulary word: tradition

Our predictions for the word, tradition A thing that you do over and over again A thing you do every year A recipe that is past down every year Something your family has been doing for years How the natives do celebration dances around the fire Something you do every year A celebration every year

Tradition is a noun; it is an inherited or accepted pattern of thought, action, or behavior that is passed on from generation to generation.

Common family traditions

List some traditions that you do with your family during various times in the year. Occasion or time of the yearFamily Tradition Christmas EveOpen one present New YearGet drunk ThanksgivingEat chicken HalloweenGo trick or treating ChristmasOpen all of your presents!! Day of the DeadPaint masks ChristmasEating tamales ChristmasWatch the Christmas movies New YearsGo see the fireworks

Grammatical forms we will use

Grammatical Forms Review Present-Tense VerbsSubject-Predicate Agreement walkWe walk to school together. playI play video games. danceWe danced together. runI run from the cops. stampI stamp papers.

Patterns for Prompts and Responses What tradition does your family have? During ________(time of the year/holiday), our family _________(predicate). Eg. During New Year’s Eve, our family stays awake until midnight.